Deborah, I'd get a good malpractice lawyer, And sue the butts off
them...
Mike

Deborah wrote:
>
> I am writing to get opinions about something.
> As you all remember back on March 3rd Zachary had a near drowning =
> accident, then almost died of pneumonia a week later.
> Well, today I went and got copies of the medical notes on this stay for =
> the near drowning.  In these notes are the lab reports, and on one of =
> these reports it clearly shows he was positive for the bacteria that =
> causes pneumonia.  That means they knew Zachary had a good chance of =
> coming down with pneumonia before they released him from the hospital.  =
> They did not tell us the chances of him coming down with it, nor did =
> they give him any antibiotics to try and prevent it.
> We would have never agreed to taking him home that following Monday (the =
> 6th) if we knew there was a chance of the pneumonia.
> Needless to say he was back in the hospital less than 48 hours after =
> being discharged with severe respitory distress and almost dying =
> (according to his pediatrician ).
> Is there anything I can do about this ?  I mean this was the second time =
> since January where he was admitted to Arnold Palmer, discharged and =
> then having to be readmitted to Health Central with in one or two days =
> because of complications from the original stay.
> Any help would be appreciated.
> Deborah mom of 4